Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Holman Bible
The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
International Standard Version
The sky above your head will become bronze while the ground beneath you will become iron.
A Conservative Version
And thy sky that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
American Standard Version
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Amplified
The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze [giving no rain and blocking all prayers], and the earth which is under you, iron [hard to plow and yielding no produce].
Bible in Basic English
And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.
Darby Translation
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
Julia Smith Translation
And the heavens which over thy head were brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
King James 2000
And your heaven that is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And your heavens that [are] over your heads shall be [like] bronze, and the earth that [is] under you [shall be like] iron.
Modern King James verseion
And your heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you iron.
NET Bible
The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.
New Heart English Bible
Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
The Emphasized Bible
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall become bronze, - and the earth which is under thee iron.
Webster
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
World English Bible
Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron;
Themes
Brass » Illustrative of » Extreme drought
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Drought » Sent by God as a judgment
the Earth » Made barren by sin
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Iron » Illustrative » Of a hard barren soil
Interlinear
Ro'sh
N@chosheth
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 28:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
22 And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish. 23 "And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron. 24 And the LORD shall turn the rain of the land unto powder and dust: even from heaven they shall come down upon thee, until thou be brought to nought.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:19
and will break the pride of your strength. For I will make the heaven over you as hard as iron, and your land as hard as brass.
1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As truly as the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, save as I appoint it."
1 Kings 18:2
And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab, for there was a great famishment in Samaria.
Jeremiah 14:1-6
The word of the LORD showed unto Jeremiah, concerning the dearth of the fruits.
Amos 4:7
When there were but three months unto the harvest, I withheld the rain from you. Yea, I rained upon one city, and not upon another; one piece of ground was moistured with rain, and the ground that I rained not upon, was dry.